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Y'all got to see this. He does it with a Marlin Lever Gun. Not a stock piece I might add. This is a full race Rifle. I watched him shoot at the Cowboy U.S. Championships this past March. It sound like a Machine Gun.
Steve can shoot can't he! I shoot the local sass matches with him and he is amazing to watch. Thanks for posting the link. I thought that I read on the sass wire that he topped that record at the Kentucky State match. Awsome!
The rifle is a short stroked Marlin, done up by Gary Blansett spur45@macomb.com of Macomb, IL.
I've got two of Gary's rifles, but short stroked for my cowboy .45 Special rounds, and though I'm no speed demon, and never gonna catch deuce, I can cycle 10 through em in about 3 seconds. Compare that to about 6 seconds at best with a slick but stock Marlin.
To give you an idea how a short stroked Marlin works, if ya open yer 1894's lever until the nub on the bottom of the bolt JUST cocks the hammer and stop, that's how far they open full stroke. The action is so slick and light, ya just park yer thumb right alongside the hammer, where the wood meets the metal of the receiver, without looping the thumb over the wood, and flick yer fingers to cycle it. the wrist hardly moves (if yer hands are big enough it doesn't) and ya anchor the stroke with the thumb welded to the side of the gun.
...the absence of recoil makes it somewhat hard for me to be impressed by such feats. Let's see him do it with standard loads in a stock rifle. Now, THAT would be something to write home about.
...the absence of recoil makes it somewhat hard for me to be impressed by such feats. Let's see him do it with standard loads in a stock rifle. Now, THAT would be something to write home about.
Nonetheless, it does look like a lot of fun.
Scott
Well, don't get to feeling too smug! This boy can bury most of us using anything you care to put up - stock or tricked - cowboy or full house loads! I'll put money on it!
Kinda reminds me of the kid in Quigley Down Under - "Give me one on those, and...."
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...the absence of recoil makes it somewhat hard for me to be impressed by such feats. Let's see him do it with standard loads in a stock rifle. Now, THAT would be something to write home about.
Nonetheless, it does look like a lot of fun.
Scott
Well, don't get to feeling too smug! This boy can bury most of us using anything you care to put up - stock or tricked - cowboy or full house loads! I'll put money on it!
Kinda reminds me of the kid in Quigley Down Under - "Give me one on those, and...."
He was shooting a stock Marlin, and shooting 10 in 2.5sec. I know Steve, and yes he could impress you with anything that has a trigger, be it Cowboy or conventional / Modern.
Very impressive and cool to watch. For some reason, however, I have this urge to say, "In this stage, you have a POed Griz charging from 30 feet...here's a Guide Gun loaded with Garrett Hammer Heads.....Shooter ready?!?" BEEEP!
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Wayne Miller wrote:Very impressive and cool to watch. For some reason, however, I have this urge to say, "In this stage, you have a POed Griz charging from 30 feet...here's a Guide Gun loaded with Garrett Hammer Heads.....Shooter ready?!?" BEEEP!
Ha! I don't know about the gent in the video, but I suspect the sound you would here from me in that circumstance would be, well..........nothing like a "beep"!
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Wayne Miller wrote:Very impressive and cool to watch. For some reason, however, I have this urge to say, "In this stage, you have a POed Griz charging from 30 feet...here's a Guide Gun loaded with Garrett Hammer Heads.....Shooter ready?!?" BEEEP!
Ha! I don't know about the gent in the video, but I suspect the sound you would here from me in that circumstance would be, well..........nothing like a "beep"!
I've heard of a game where they do just that. You walk a trail as a team of 2, and things pop put at you to shoot "Sporting Clays" style.
Except for the Bear.
The Bear is a Big Ol Fake Stuffed Griz that comes straight at you and if it doesn't take COM/CNS hits it eats you and you lose.
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Very impressive. But as has happened to ISPC, and IDPA, Cowboy Action shooting is now becoming the realm of the gamer. Specially modified equipment costing more than most folks can afford. While I don't know what load he was shooting, based on apparent recoil, it was not a full power load. I'd love to see him try the same with a stock 1895 guide gun with some Buffalo Bore stuff. It would be mildly entertaining.
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